Moving TFS to a server in a different domain
There are other variations of this question on SO, but none that cover our exact situation. Current situation: We have TFS 2008 on a stand alone server. We have created local user accounts to login to TFS. We use TFS for source control, task assignment and bug tracking. We use a modified version of a scrum template. We now want to move TFS to a server in a domain. Questions are: From what I have [...]
Continue Reading »TFS and Active Directory – Group Membership not populating to TFS in a timely manner
I am using groups in Active Directory to manage what users can access projects in TFS. My problem is, that even though AD shows them in the group, and even through TFS when I look at who is a member of the group, it shows the user, access is not immediately granted. I have tried refreshing the worker procesess for TFS with no luck. A machine restart (the TFS server) does seem to fix it, [...]
Continue Reading »How can I work out what network account my TFS 2008 instance is using to access Analysis Services?
I’m building a new TFS 2010 environment and need to find out what network account my TFS 2008 instance is using to access Sql Server Analysis Services. How do I find out? You kilometreage/mileage may vary … Two places I checked. Computer Management Services (order the LogOn Column) Picture tells a thousand pew-pews… HTH … Check more discussion of this question. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with [...]
Continue Reading »TFS Destroy /startcleanup – how do I start the clean up manually?
I ran TFS Destroy on a file that was too long. But I forgot to add the /startcleanup command. It is now several days later and the file is still referenced in the TFS Database (or so says my migration tool). The docs say that the cleanup defaults to run daily. However, it seems to have not run. I can’t delete it again with the startcleanup command. So how can I force TFS to clean [...]
Continue Reading »Recent Posts
- Understanding redundant power supplies
- Is there a way for administrators to disable users from installing Firefox extensions?
- Is there research material on NTP accuracy available?
- How to create a limited “domain admin” that does not have access to domain controllers?
- Can Windows RDC admin users be immune from being kicked?



